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OLD ALDENHAMIAN SOCIETY THREE DAY TOUR TO SOMME, VIMY RIDGE AND ARRAS WORKING ITINERARY FRIDAY 20 TO SUNDAY 22 MAY 2016
Tour Summary Itinerary Number: 1 Total Pax: 21 including guide TBC Outbound Date: Fri 20 May Inbound Date: Sun 22 May Departure School: 0900 Return School: 1900 Pickup Address: As above Destination Address: See below Coach Size: Midi Coach Coach Operator: TBC Crossing Type: Eurotunnel Reference: TBC Outbound Crossing Time: 1150 Inbound Crossing Time: 1720
Day 1 Fri 20 May
0830 An executive coach arrives at school. Coach Company: TBC Driver Details: TBC
0900 Depart school
1030 Collect Guide at Maidstone Services, J8, M20 Guide: Tony Hacon
1150 Outbound shuttle Ref: tbc
1330 Arrive France (local time)
1430 Arrive Artois and Vimy Ridge area
Notre Dame de Lorette French National Cemetery and Memorial; The causes of the Great War; the French campaigns prior to the arrival of the BEF
Cabaret Rouge CWGC - option The role and ethos of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission; the BEF in 1914; the need for a ‘New Army’
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Vimy Ridge – Grange Tunnel to be booked and are subject to availability and weather conditions Preserved trench system; the development of Trench warfare; use of ground, trench construction, daily routine; mine warfare; the Douai Plain – the Battle of Arras April 1917 – initial successes. Canadian Memorial to the Missing
Drive on to your hotel in Peronne and check in
Comfort Hotel-Restaurant Le Saint-Claude 42 Place Louis Daudre 80200 Peronne France http://hotelsaintclaude.com/
1930 Dinner in the hotel - included
Day 2 Sat 21 May
0830 After breakfast depart hotel
The Sunken Lane / Redan Ridge The arrival and nature of the BEF; The Somme 1916; Kitchener’s Army & the Pals Battalions; Recruitment; The Plan; Going over the top 1st July 1916; 1st Bn Lancashire Fusiliers; Hawthorn Ridge mine ‘The Battle of the Somme’ captured on film by Geoffrey Malins; the role and ethos of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Auchonvillers An opportunity for the group to handle kit and equipment and to have a good look around Avril’s collection of artefacts
Light lunch at Ocean Villas Tea Rooms - included
Lochnagar Crater The use of Mine warfare in the Great War
Fricourt German Cemetery The German army of 1916; German cemetery ethos; Manfred von Richthofen; Reconciliation; links to WW2
Mansel Copse - The Devonshire Cemetery th th Attack of the 8 & 9 Devons; Lieutenant W N Hodgson ‘Before Action’
Danzig Alley Captain Charlie May & the attack of the 22nd Manchesters 1st July 1916
1930 Return to your hotel
Evening meal under your own arrangements this evening
Day 3 Sun 22 May
0900 After breakfast check out of hotel with packed lunch
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Bazentin Ridge – battlefield walk What lessons were learned from 1st July? Background to the assault of 14th July; Did it all go to plan?
Delville Wood South African National War Memorial; the SAI in the Great War; The Horseshoe of Woods
Optional visits: Footballers’ Memorial, Longueval / New Zealand Memorial, Longueval
Flers Enter the Tank: September 15th 1916 – a war-winning weapon?
Thiepval Memorial to the Missing The Somme – an Allied victory? The impact of the battle; A chance for reflection; Formal close of the tour
1430 Depart the Somme
1720 Inbound Shuttle
1700 Arrive UK
1900 Arrive back at school (approx)
Your itinerary may be subject to change at short notice due to a variety of factors. Whilst every effort will be made by the guides to visit all the sites included in your itinerary, there may be times when this will not be possible.
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